8.5 Mnemonics in menus

On Microsoft Windows and GTK+ you can control the mnemonics in menu titles and menu items using the initargs :mnemonic , :mnemonic-title (and if necessary :mnemonic-escape ).

This example illustrates the various ways you can specify the mnemonics in a menu:

(contain 

 (make-instance

  'menu 

  :mnemonic-title "M&nemonics"

  :items 

  (list

   (make-instance 'menu-item

                  :data "Menu Item 1"

                  :mnemonic #\1)

   (make-instance 'menu-item

                  :data "Menu Item 2"

                  :mnemonic 10)

   (make-instance 'menu-item

                  :mnemonic-title "Menu Item &3")

   (make-instance 'menu-item

                  :mnemonic-title "Menu Item !4"

                  :mnemonic-escape #\!)

   (make-instance 'menu-item

                  :data "Menu Item 5"

                  :mnemonic :default)

   (make-instance 'menu-item

                  :data "Menu Item 6"

                  :mnemonic :none))))

On Microsoft Windows you may need to press Alt to make the underlines appear.